Music from Behind the Bridge: Steelband Spirit and Politics in Trinidad and Tobago

by Shannon Dudley

Book Overview

A symbol of Trinidadian culture, the steelband has made an extraordinary transformation since its origins-from junk metal to steel orchestra, and from disparaged underclass pastime to Trinidad and Tobago's national instrument. Now, Shannon Dudley gives the first discerning look at the musical thinking that ignited this transformation, and the way it articulates with Afro-Trinidadian tradition, carnival, colonial authority, and nationalist politics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195321235
• ISBN13: 9780195321234
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"